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73rd Year No. 208 Good Morning! It's Sunday. May 17. 1981 6 Sections 58 Pages 50 Cents
earnings to Scott. ' -- w" sE, MHw
Sally StapJetoa
University lobbyist gains lawmakers' favor
ByMaryWctson
State Capital Bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Secret bargains in
smoke- fille- d rooms and expensive dinners over
drinks are not the stuff of University of Missouri
lobbyist Duana Linville.
But as the only lobbyist for the University sys-tem,
Ms. Lumlle's effectiveness is felt statewide,
especially in the system's $ 170 million state ap-propriation.
Rather than cajoling legislators over an expen-sive
lunch, Ms. Linville says she prefers to make
early morning visits to their offices.
" I'm not a Winer and diner. It's not my style I
do a lot better job not talking over food," she ex-plains.
In fact, she says, sometimes they don't
talk about pending legislation because legislators
are easy to get to know and " a delight"
A five- ye- ar veteran of government relations,
Ms. linville sees her job as public relations for
the University system while promoting its best in-terests.
University President James Olson says the lob-byist's
duty is to " be as helpful as possible" in
providing information to members of the Legis-lature
and government officials, and to do what
she can to get across the University's position on
issues.
" She's a very gregarious, effective person
She's very effective in making friends for the Un-iversity,"
Olson says of Ms. Linville.
Ms. Lumlle's relations with the Legislature are
m marked contrast to her predecessor, Stirling
Kyd, who lobbied legislators more intensely
Some lawmakers thought the University pressur-ed
for votes. Because of that, relations with the
Legislature were at times stormy.
Sen Richard Webster, R- Cartha- ge, says that
although he has had little contact with Ms. Lui-ville,
" she's always been very cooperative when
seeking information about the University, pro-grams
and expenditures."
Webster says ha had more contact with Kyd be-cause
recent legislative sessions have not focused
on asmany issues of interest to the University.
" For example, the University opposed the Coor-dinating
Board for Higher Education, and Kyd
limited their powers," Webster says " Kyd
seemed closer to individual members of the Sen-ate."
That closeness is best seen in contrast
" Stirling Kyd used to play gin rummy with the
powerhouse. Duana visits with the powers in their
Insight
offices," says Sen. A. Clifford Jones, R- S- t. Louis
" The thing that's helped Duana is President Ol-son.
He's a real educator. That makes the job of
who's working with the Legislature a hell of a lot
easier."
Ms Luiville says lobbying for the University is
more than gathering votes. It is gathering tine
support And that is done through friendly inter-change,
not high- power- ed bargaining.
Friendly interchange required some homework
cf the former school teacher. " I read everything I
could about the legislators so I could have scene
background," Ms. Linville explains " I'm always
learning about personnel, the physical plant
It'shke going to school."
After learning about the legislators, Ms Lin-ville
worked to develop friendly relations with
them.
" You have to go in, talk about the bill and hear
their side," Ms. Linville says. If a legislator dis-agrees
with her, Ms. Linville says she does not
pressure to change a vote but presents her point
of view.
" She provides good information, is honest, sin-cere
and has never given me any false informa-tion,"
says Senate President Pro Tern Norman
MerrelL D- Montic-ello.
" She doesn't irritate you
when she presents her view, and she acts in a pro-fessional
manner."
Missouri's Legislature is a lot like a small town,
Ms. Linville says. Relations are based on trust
Legislators trust each other and lobbyists to be
truthful and efficient. That trust overlaps many
legislative activities, especially appropriations,
Ms Linville says
" If they feel the University has done a good job
and the budget committee has done a good job,
they trust the decision," she explains.
And because lobbyists travel between the two
chambers, they are often the greatest source of
information for legislators Lobbyists read bills in
both chambers and research them at length to be-come
experts m areas affected by the legislation.
" Legislators can talk to several lobbyists and
get all sides to make a good decision," Ms. Lui-ville
says.
Ms. Linville holds a master's degree in lan-guage
arts from the University of Missouri- Kansa- s
City, where she began her climb through the
ranks She served on the board of directors at
UMKC and later as alumni director of that cam-pus
She had taught for several years
' I was ready to get out of teaching I was rest-less
and wasn't excited about teaching another
year," she says
Then, in 1975, she combined her job with com-munity
relations while Olson was chancellor of
the Kansas City campus That's when she got her
first taste of lobbying
I came down in 1975 to help promote the new
law school and performing arts center we were
requesting for Kansas City," Ms Linville says I
talked to legislators and got to know m way
around."
When Olson became president of the system, he
asked Ms Linville if she wanted to take on the re- sponsib- lity
of representing the University system
at the Legislature
" I had a great deal of confidence she could do
the job," Olson says " She had worked effectively
m the political and governmental arena in Kansas
City"
Ms Linville says, " It's a big responsibility You
have to be cognizant of the needs and the bud-gets."
Ms Linville's immediate supervisor is Olson
' She reports directly to me and is in close contact
with me Sometimes she's on the phone several
times a day," he said.
Ms Linville lives a dual life m Columbia and
Jefferson City. While the Legislature is in session,
she spends Monday mornings in her Columbia of-fice
and is in Jefferson City when the session be-gins
She spends the week walKing the halls and
talking with legislators When they adjourn for
the weekend, she moves back to Columbia to fin-ish
the week in her office
In town
today
10 ajn. to 4 pjn., Open noose,
Lenoir Convalescent Center, 3300
New Haven Road
2 to 5 p. m., Maplewood historic
home tours, Nifong Park, con-ducted
by Boone County Histori-cal
Society.
3 to 5 pjn , Missouri Fiber Art-ists,
show opening and reception,
Main Gallery, Columbia Art
League, 12 N Tenth St.
Background 5C
Business 7C
Classified 2- 5- D
Opinion 4C
People 1- 3- C
Real Estate ID
Sports ..... 1- 3- B
Stocks 6-- 7C
Weather 2A
With son bound
for prison, man
has little hope
" I'm not a bad guy really. It's just everyone comes down on me
so bad at times. . . .
" I was arrested for child molesting. I was thrown in jail and got
out on $ 15,000 bond. Then I was placed on probation for five years
I was called a rapist by the little friends I had. So I became a lon-er,
always by myself. I felt no one cared, no one understood me
" I've been put here in Reality House. It's bad in here. They tor-ture
you with words. They expect you to kiss ass to be here . . I
don't like it here. But I don't want to go to the pen. I Would rather
be DEAD. ... I can't see anything left but the pen, and I ain't
going there.
" Maybe I'm wrong, but I won't know until I'm gone."
note written last year
by Glenn Alan " Winky" Snnh
ByMarkObbie
Missounan staff writer
Glenn Alan " Winky" Smith will be
sent to " the pen" Monday for a long
tune
A Callaway County jury last month
set las sentence at 115 years for forci-ble
rape, forcible sodomy and first- degr- ee
burglary At his sentencing in
Fulton Monday morning, Circuit Judge
Frank Conley will have the option of in-creasing
the sentences because of
Smith's record.
The 15- ye- ar burglary sentence could
be doubled, and the two 50- ye- ar sen-tences
for rape and sodomy could be
extended to any possible number of
years
Smith's father, Dennis Smith, found
the note when Glenn was being moved
to a hospital from Reality House, a Co-lumbia
counseling center
Smith is 24 now. He has spent the
past five years playing dodge- ba- ll with
the law, but the game is almost over
Backed by new, staffer penalties for
rape and sodomy, the prosecutor asked
the jurors to make an example of
Smith for would- b- e rapists. They did
UnbJ then, authorities had given
Smith the benefit of the doubt. His first
felony conviction, molesting a minor,
resulted m probation His second at-tempted
first- degre- e burglary , got mm
a three- ye- ar prison term but he was
paroled after seven months
While m prison, he was accused of an
earlier ispe and burglary, but a jury
acquitted him because the prosecutor
couldnt produce any physical evi-dence
from the crime scene
But last November Smith was
charged with breaking into a Columbia
woman s home and raping and sodo-mizing
her
This tune, there were no pleas for le-niency
from the prosecutor, as there
had been when Smith entered court for
the first time This time, the prosecu-tor
urged the jurors to deal harshly
with Smith, even though the jury was
not told of his record.
Smith was surprised by the sentence,
according to his father He did not
think X would be so stiff
Smiths fattier avoids answering
questions about his son s guut He does
not deny reality, but it hurts the man
who alone raised Glenn, a brother and
two sisters
Dennis Smith says he is concerned
about Glenn He says Glenn was diag-nosed
as having a leak in a heart valve
( See PROSECUTOR, Page 8A)
Half a world away9 family hears pleas of Filipino
DETROIT ( UPI) Though they are
half a world and 35 years apart, an
American family is trying to find a Fil-ipino
man who has twice crucified him-self
at Easter in the hope he will some- d- a
meet the father he never knew.
" We just don't want him to hang
himself up on that cross again next
year," said Neva Dodt, now divorced
from the man whom Donald Rexford
Jr. believes is his father, once an
American serviceman stationed m the
Philippines.
" We don't want him to go through
that again," Mrs Dodt said " We feel
pretty bad about it."
The major question is whether Don-ald
Rexford Sr., now 57 and a truck
driver in suburban Detroit, wants to
meet the man who claims to be his son
ITmhoere thealdne" rpoRsesxibfolerd" has said it is no
Young Rexford, 34, known as " Rex,"
began what he hoped would be the be-ginning
of the end to his quest at Eas-ter
1380 in the hilly town of Mandalu- yon- g,
10 miles ( 16 kilometers) east of
Manila.
While hundreds of onlookers gaped,
he had himself hung from a cross for
less man a minute. Two steel nads
soaked in alcohol were pounded
through the center of his palms, impal-ing
him on the 14- fo- ot ( 4 2- me- ter)
wooden cross
He repeated the rite last month on
Good Friday, reopening the wounds
and praying that God would lead him
to his father.
" I would like to see him,' ' Rex said
The tale began, according to family
accounts and the elder Rexford him-self,
when Rexford was stationed at
Fort McKinley outside Manila just af-ter
World Warn
Rex claims that his mother, Lucia
De Los Santos, 50, was only three
months pregnant when Rexford left the
Philippines in 1946 for the United
States, never to return
In an interview last year with UPI,
Rexford, who lives ui the suburban
Ponhac, Mich., area, said he had been
stationed there and went out with a
woman named Lucia steadily " for a
period of tune."
" It's all very possible, but I can't be
sure," Rexford said, adding that he did
not have the means to either return to
the Philippines or have the man con-tending
to be his son flown to Detroit.
However, Rex said after his crucifix-ion
last month that his father had not
not contacted nun during the year that
had elapsed. Rexford could not be
reached for comment and hnuly
members said they see him infrequent-ly
Mrs Dodt, divorced from Rexford
for several years, said she saw pic-tures
of young Rex when he was 14
" A missionary wrote to us saying the
mother had dropped the boy off and he
was asking money for support," Mrs
Dodt said. " But it would have meant a
full adoption, and it couldn't be done
because Don was still in the service "
Mrs Dodt said her three children be-lieve
Rex is their half- broth- er and
v, ant to contact him
' I always wondered how to go about
finding him," said Linda HalL 30, of
Ponbac " And now with him hanging
himself on the cross, we're all very in-terested
in reacmng nun
We jus,: hate to see that happen to
anybody '
Study shows
grim deficits
in U. S. cities
WASHINGTON 1UPI1 - The na-tion's
cities, no matter their size or re-gion,
are in grim " fiscal trouble and
the federal government may have to
develop new policies to deal with mu-nicipal
defaults, according to a con-gressional
study releasea Saturday
" The number and proportion of cit-ies
which reported deficits in this re-port
surpassed even the most pessimis-tic
projections,' stated the survev
released bv the Joint Economic Com
mittee
And it should be noted that cities
with deficits are not confined to any
one region or size,' it added
The survey, which sought to look at
the fiscal conditions of aties, surveved
594 cities and receiv ed responses from
275
The results," the report stated
" are grim.
If the economic crisis of the cities
continues, it warned it could well
create another round of urban emigra-tion
"
While there was reason to believe
migration from cities had begun to sta-bilize,
the report said this potential
stability is now in grave danger of
disintegrating
While large proportions of aties of
all sizes reported operating deficits for
1979 and 1980, the study found that the
greatest proportion of aties in deficit
occurred in the largest cities "
In 1980, more than 70 percent of the
largest aties were in deficit and for
1981, all but four of the largest aties
antiapate running deficits, it stated
The surv ey was conducted before the
announcement of President Reagan's
1982 budget proposals but still noted
that both city and state governments
will be forced to live with less federal
assistance
However," it warned, drastic and
sudden reductions in assistance to
state and local gov ernments will exac-erbate
the already serious fiscal prob-lems
rev ealed in this study
It said for all aties the average in-creases
in revenues and expenditures
were below the rate of inflation m 1979- -
1980 For 1981, all aties are anticipat-ing
that revenue increases will be sig-nificantly
below expenditure increas-es,"
it stated
For all aties, the study reported.
three main trends are apparent con-cerning
changes in rev enue less feder-al
aid, little growth in state aid and
large increases in fees for such pur-poses
as driver's licenses, car registra-tion
and building permits

73rd Year No. 208 Good Morning! It's Sunday. May 17. 1981 6 Sections 58 Pages 50 Cents
earnings to Scott. ' -- w" sE, MHw
Sally StapJetoa
University lobbyist gains lawmakers' favor
ByMaryWctson
State Capital Bureau
JEFFERSON CITY Secret bargains in
smoke- fille- d rooms and expensive dinners over
drinks are not the stuff of University of Missouri
lobbyist Duana Linville.
But as the only lobbyist for the University sys-tem,
Ms. Lumlle's effectiveness is felt statewide,
especially in the system's $ 170 million state ap-propriation.
Rather than cajoling legislators over an expen-sive
lunch, Ms. Linville says she prefers to make
early morning visits to their offices.
" I'm not a Winer and diner. It's not my style I
do a lot better job not talking over food," she ex-plains.
In fact, she says, sometimes they don't
talk about pending legislation because legislators
are easy to get to know and " a delight"
A five- ye- ar veteran of government relations,
Ms. linville sees her job as public relations for
the University system while promoting its best in-terests.
University President James Olson says the lob-byist's
duty is to " be as helpful as possible" in
providing information to members of the Legis-lature
and government officials, and to do what
she can to get across the University's position on
issues.
" She's a very gregarious, effective person
She's very effective in making friends for the Un-iversity,"
Olson says of Ms. Linville.
Ms. Lumlle's relations with the Legislature are
m marked contrast to her predecessor, Stirling
Kyd, who lobbied legislators more intensely
Some lawmakers thought the University pressur-ed
for votes. Because of that, relations with the
Legislature were at times stormy.
Sen Richard Webster, R- Cartha- ge, says that
although he has had little contact with Ms. Lui-ville,
" she's always been very cooperative when
seeking information about the University, pro-grams
and expenditures."
Webster says ha had more contact with Kyd be-cause
recent legislative sessions have not focused
on asmany issues of interest to the University.
" For example, the University opposed the Coor-dinating
Board for Higher Education, and Kyd
limited their powers," Webster says " Kyd
seemed closer to individual members of the Sen-ate."
That closeness is best seen in contrast
" Stirling Kyd used to play gin rummy with the
powerhouse. Duana visits with the powers in their
Insight
offices," says Sen. A. Clifford Jones, R- S- t. Louis
" The thing that's helped Duana is President Ol-son.
He's a real educator. That makes the job of
who's working with the Legislature a hell of a lot
easier."
Ms Luiville says lobbying for the University is
more than gathering votes. It is gathering tine
support And that is done through friendly inter-change,
not high- power- ed bargaining.
Friendly interchange required some homework
cf the former school teacher. " I read everything I
could about the legislators so I could have scene
background," Ms. Linville explains " I'm always
learning about personnel, the physical plant
It'shke going to school."
After learning about the legislators, Ms Lin-ville
worked to develop friendly relations with
them.
" You have to go in, talk about the bill and hear
their side," Ms. Linville says. If a legislator dis-agrees
with her, Ms. Linville says she does not
pressure to change a vote but presents her point
of view.
" She provides good information, is honest, sin-cere
and has never given me any false informa-tion,"
says Senate President Pro Tern Norman
MerrelL D- Montic-ello.
" She doesn't irritate you
when she presents her view, and she acts in a pro-fessional
manner."
Missouri's Legislature is a lot like a small town,
Ms. Linville says. Relations are based on trust
Legislators trust each other and lobbyists to be
truthful and efficient. That trust overlaps many
legislative activities, especially appropriations,
Ms Linville says
" If they feel the University has done a good job
and the budget committee has done a good job,
they trust the decision," she explains.
And because lobbyists travel between the two
chambers, they are often the greatest source of
information for legislators Lobbyists read bills in
both chambers and research them at length to be-come
experts m areas affected by the legislation.
" Legislators can talk to several lobbyists and
get all sides to make a good decision," Ms. Lui-ville
says.
Ms. Linville holds a master's degree in lan-guage
arts from the University of Missouri- Kansa- s
City, where she began her climb through the
ranks She served on the board of directors at
UMKC and later as alumni director of that cam-pus
She had taught for several years
' I was ready to get out of teaching I was rest-less
and wasn't excited about teaching another
year," she says
Then, in 1975, she combined her job with com-munity
relations while Olson was chancellor of
the Kansas City campus That's when she got her
first taste of lobbying
I came down in 1975 to help promote the new
law school and performing arts center we were
requesting for Kansas City," Ms Linville says I
talked to legislators and got to know m way
around."
When Olson became president of the system, he
asked Ms Linville if she wanted to take on the re- sponsib- lity
of representing the University system
at the Legislature
" I had a great deal of confidence she could do
the job," Olson says " She had worked effectively
m the political and governmental arena in Kansas
City"
Ms Linville says, " It's a big responsibility You
have to be cognizant of the needs and the bud-gets."
Ms Linville's immediate supervisor is Olson
' She reports directly to me and is in close contact
with me Sometimes she's on the phone several
times a day," he said.
Ms Linville lives a dual life m Columbia and
Jefferson City. While the Legislature is in session,
she spends Monday mornings in her Columbia of-fice
and is in Jefferson City when the session be-gins
She spends the week walKing the halls and
talking with legislators When they adjourn for
the weekend, she moves back to Columbia to fin-ish
the week in her office
In town
today
10 ajn. to 4 pjn., Open noose,
Lenoir Convalescent Center, 3300
New Haven Road
2 to 5 p. m., Maplewood historic
home tours, Nifong Park, con-ducted
by Boone County Histori-cal
Society.
3 to 5 pjn , Missouri Fiber Art-ists,
show opening and reception,
Main Gallery, Columbia Art
League, 12 N Tenth St.
Background 5C
Business 7C
Classified 2- 5- D
Opinion 4C
People 1- 3- C
Real Estate ID
Sports ..... 1- 3- B
Stocks 6-- 7C
Weather 2A
With son bound
for prison, man
has little hope
" I'm not a bad guy really. It's just everyone comes down on me
so bad at times. . . .
" I was arrested for child molesting. I was thrown in jail and got
out on $ 15,000 bond. Then I was placed on probation for five years
I was called a rapist by the little friends I had. So I became a lon-er,
always by myself. I felt no one cared, no one understood me
" I've been put here in Reality House. It's bad in here. They tor-ture
you with words. They expect you to kiss ass to be here . . I
don't like it here. But I don't want to go to the pen. I Would rather
be DEAD. ... I can't see anything left but the pen, and I ain't
going there.
" Maybe I'm wrong, but I won't know until I'm gone."
note written last year
by Glenn Alan " Winky" Snnh
ByMarkObbie
Missounan staff writer
Glenn Alan " Winky" Smith will be
sent to " the pen" Monday for a long
tune
A Callaway County jury last month
set las sentence at 115 years for forci-ble
rape, forcible sodomy and first- degr- ee
burglary At his sentencing in
Fulton Monday morning, Circuit Judge
Frank Conley will have the option of in-creasing
the sentences because of
Smith's record.
The 15- ye- ar burglary sentence could
be doubled, and the two 50- ye- ar sen-tences
for rape and sodomy could be
extended to any possible number of
years
Smith's father, Dennis Smith, found
the note when Glenn was being moved
to a hospital from Reality House, a Co-lumbia
counseling center
Smith is 24 now. He has spent the
past five years playing dodge- ba- ll with
the law, but the game is almost over
Backed by new, staffer penalties for
rape and sodomy, the prosecutor asked
the jurors to make an example of
Smith for would- b- e rapists. They did
UnbJ then, authorities had given
Smith the benefit of the doubt. His first
felony conviction, molesting a minor,
resulted m probation His second at-tempted
first- degre- e burglary , got mm
a three- ye- ar prison term but he was
paroled after seven months
While m prison, he was accused of an
earlier ispe and burglary, but a jury
acquitted him because the prosecutor
couldnt produce any physical evi-dence
from the crime scene
But last November Smith was
charged with breaking into a Columbia
woman s home and raping and sodo-mizing
her
This tune, there were no pleas for le-niency
from the prosecutor, as there
had been when Smith entered court for
the first time This time, the prosecu-tor
urged the jurors to deal harshly
with Smith, even though the jury was
not told of his record.
Smith was surprised by the sentence,
according to his father He did not
think X would be so stiff
Smiths fattier avoids answering
questions about his son s guut He does
not deny reality, but it hurts the man
who alone raised Glenn, a brother and
two sisters
Dennis Smith says he is concerned
about Glenn He says Glenn was diag-nosed
as having a leak in a heart valve
( See PROSECUTOR, Page 8A)
Half a world away9 family hears pleas of Filipino
DETROIT ( UPI) Though they are
half a world and 35 years apart, an
American family is trying to find a Fil-ipino
man who has twice crucified him-self
at Easter in the hope he will some- d- a
meet the father he never knew.
" We just don't want him to hang
himself up on that cross again next
year," said Neva Dodt, now divorced
from the man whom Donald Rexford
Jr. believes is his father, once an
American serviceman stationed m the
Philippines.
" We don't want him to go through
that again," Mrs Dodt said " We feel
pretty bad about it."
The major question is whether Don-ald
Rexford Sr., now 57 and a truck
driver in suburban Detroit, wants to
meet the man who claims to be his son
ITmhoere thealdne" rpoRsesxibfolerd" has said it is no
Young Rexford, 34, known as " Rex,"
began what he hoped would be the be-ginning
of the end to his quest at Eas-ter
1380 in the hilly town of Mandalu- yon- g,
10 miles ( 16 kilometers) east of
Manila.
While hundreds of onlookers gaped,
he had himself hung from a cross for
less man a minute. Two steel nads
soaked in alcohol were pounded
through the center of his palms, impal-ing
him on the 14- fo- ot ( 4 2- me- ter)
wooden cross
He repeated the rite last month on
Good Friday, reopening the wounds
and praying that God would lead him
to his father.
" I would like to see him,' ' Rex said
The tale began, according to family
accounts and the elder Rexford him-self,
when Rexford was stationed at
Fort McKinley outside Manila just af-ter
World Warn
Rex claims that his mother, Lucia
De Los Santos, 50, was only three
months pregnant when Rexford left the
Philippines in 1946 for the United
States, never to return
In an interview last year with UPI,
Rexford, who lives ui the suburban
Ponhac, Mich., area, said he had been
stationed there and went out with a
woman named Lucia steadily " for a
period of tune."
" It's all very possible, but I can't be
sure," Rexford said, adding that he did
not have the means to either return to
the Philippines or have the man con-tending
to be his son flown to Detroit.
However, Rex said after his crucifix-ion
last month that his father had not
not contacted nun during the year that
had elapsed. Rexford could not be
reached for comment and hnuly
members said they see him infrequent-ly
Mrs Dodt, divorced from Rexford
for several years, said she saw pic-tures
of young Rex when he was 14
" A missionary wrote to us saying the
mother had dropped the boy off and he
was asking money for support," Mrs
Dodt said. " But it would have meant a
full adoption, and it couldn't be done
because Don was still in the service "
Mrs Dodt said her three children be-lieve
Rex is their half- broth- er and
v, ant to contact him
' I always wondered how to go about
finding him," said Linda HalL 30, of
Ponbac " And now with him hanging
himself on the cross, we're all very in-terested
in reacmng nun
We jus,: hate to see that happen to
anybody '
Study shows
grim deficits
in U. S. cities
WASHINGTON 1UPI1 - The na-tion's
cities, no matter their size or re-gion,
are in grim " fiscal trouble and
the federal government may have to
develop new policies to deal with mu-nicipal
defaults, according to a con-gressional
study releasea Saturday
" The number and proportion of cit-ies
which reported deficits in this re-port
surpassed even the most pessimis-tic
projections,' stated the survev
released bv the Joint Economic Com
mittee
And it should be noted that cities
with deficits are not confined to any
one region or size,' it added
The survey, which sought to look at
the fiscal conditions of aties, surveved
594 cities and receiv ed responses from
275
The results," the report stated
" are grim.
If the economic crisis of the cities
continues, it warned it could well
create another round of urban emigra-tion
"
While there was reason to believe
migration from cities had begun to sta-bilize,
the report said this potential
stability is now in grave danger of
disintegrating
While large proportions of aties of
all sizes reported operating deficits for
1979 and 1980, the study found that the
greatest proportion of aties in deficit
occurred in the largest cities "
In 1980, more than 70 percent of the
largest aties were in deficit and for
1981, all but four of the largest aties
antiapate running deficits, it stated
The surv ey was conducted before the
announcement of President Reagan's
1982 budget proposals but still noted
that both city and state governments
will be forced to live with less federal
assistance
However," it warned, drastic and
sudden reductions in assistance to
state and local gov ernments will exac-erbate
the already serious fiscal prob-lems
rev ealed in this study
It said for all aties the average in-creases
in revenues and expenditures
were below the rate of inflation m 1979- -
1980 For 1981, all aties are anticipat-ing
that revenue increases will be sig-nificantly
below expenditure increas-es,"
it stated
For all aties, the study reported.
three main trends are apparent con-cerning
changes in rev enue less feder-al
aid, little growth in state aid and
large increases in fees for such pur-poses
as driver's licenses, car registra-tion
and building permits